Safety Nets

Women in the United States frequently lack basic services that are taken for granted in many other parts of the world. To be able to live in economic security, they require educational opportunities; paid sick leave; affordable, quality child care and elder care; as well as portable health care and adequate retirement benefits to protect them throughout their lives. While programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Food Stamps are available, they do not go far enough. More robust safety nets are needed to lift and keep women and their families out of poverty.

NCRW Fact Sheet: Immigrant Women--Access to Health Insurance, Healthcare and Public Services

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 3:09pm

Immigrant women face particular hardship in accessing basic health and other vital services due to a series of legal, social and cultural barriers that prevent them from exercising their civil rights. More efforts need to be focused at the local, state and national levels to ensure that their needs are recognized and addressed.

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application/pdf iconImmigrant Health Care.pdf

NCRW Fact Sheet: Access to Affordable Healthcare

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 2:04pm

Affordable and quality health insurance and care are fundamental for women and families to enable them to lead full and productive lives.

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Gender Inequality, Growth and Global Ageing

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:10pm

Reducing gender inequality could play a key role in addressing the twin problems of
population ageing and pension sustainability. In countries where it is relatively easy
for women to work and have children, female employment and fertility both tend to be
higher.
 

URL: 
http://www.ftd.de/wirtschaftswunder/resserver.php?bloId=10&resource=globalpaper154.pdf

NCRW Fact Sheet: Women and Poverty

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:53pm

Lifting women and children out of poverty is key to women’s economic security and wellbeing.

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NCRW Fact Sheet: Affordable Child Care Needed as Women's Labor Force Participation Grows

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:16pm

Making childcare affordable is critical to working families and key to women’s economic well-being and success, particularly
during times of economic recession. Studies demonstrate that childcare enables women to stay employed longer and establish greater work-life balance.

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application/pdf iconChild Care.pdf

NCRW Fact Sheet: Guaranteed Paid Leave--A National Imperative for Women and Families

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:48pm

The lack of guaranteed paid leave creates economic hardship for the U.S. labor force as well as increased costs to businesses. Without paid sick days, workers face wage or job loss in cases of illness or health emergency. Since women continue to be primary caregivers, the absence of paid sick leave disproportionately affects them. Guaranteeing paid leave is critical to women’s economic security and well-being.

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application/pdf iconGuaranteed Paid Leave.pdf

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Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a BA in Sociology from Principia College and an MS in Women’s Studies from Towson University. Her thesis focused on transgender experiences of employment discrimination. During her time at Towson University, Kyla was a graduate assistant with the Institute for Teaching and Research on Women. On completion of her master’s degree, Kyla served as a Vaid Fellow with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Kyla first joined the Council as a research consultant for The Big Five initiative. She has interned previously with Planned Parenthood and the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition.

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Stanford Researcher Urges Universities, Businesses to Offer Benefit To Pay For Housework

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 3:30pm
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Clayman Institute for Gender Research

by Adam Gorlick on 01/19/10

Originally posted in the Stanford Report January 19, 2010

Professor Londa SchiebingerLonda Schiebinger’s study shows academic scientists spend about 19 hours a week on basic household chores. If universities offered a benefit to pay someone else to do that work, scientists would have more time to spend on the jobs they’re trained for, she says.

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Legal Momentum

Leslye E. Orloff is vice president and director of Legal Momentum's Immigrant Women Program. She joined Legal Momentum's Washington, D.C. office in September 1999 to found and direct the Immigrant Women Program (IWP) which advocates for laws, policies and practices that enhance the legal rights of immigrant women and immigrant victims of violence against women. IWP focuses on improved access to immigration benefits, the justice system, public benefits, social services and health care.

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